Kadambur Poli

Kadambur is a small city located in between Tuticorin and Kovilpatti. I have not been to this town.However I have seen the vendors selling Poli at the Kadambur Railway station when I was travelling in Pearl City express from Chennai to Tuticorin.That is where I came to know that Kadambur is famous for Poli
I dont have the exact recipe for Kadambur Poli.I am posting the one that I learnt from my Mother in law.She used to make these poli for Bogi festival every year and it tastes equally good as Kadambur Poli.

Ingredients

For making Dough

All purpose Flour/maida - 1  cup

Salt: a pinch

Tumeric powder: 1/2 teaspoon

Oil: 2 tablespoon

Water:1/3 cup

For Puran:

Channa Dhal (kadala Parupu)- 3/4 cup

Jaggery - 1 cup

Grated cocunut - 3/4 cup

Cardomom - 4

Ghee: to fry
The above quantity yields 10 polis

Procedure:

Step 1:

Mix maida, salt, and water and knead to pliable dough. It should be a little bit loose than the chapathi dough. Coat the dough with 1 teaspoon of oil (to avoid getting dried) and leave it covered for 1 hr

Step 2:

In a heavy bottom pan, dry roast the channa dal until it turns reddish brown.(may take 5 min)

Step3:

Once done remove from the flame and add hot water to the dhal and leave it covered for 30 min so that it gets cooked in the hot water itself (No need to cook in the stove)

Step4:

After it gets cooled, drain the water from channa dhal and add grated jaggery, cocunut, cardomom powder to it and grind it in a blender with adding less adding water

Step5:
Cook the mixture in a pan(approx 5 minutes) until it becomes thick (like puran)

Step5:
Divide both dough and puran into 10 equal parts

Now take a banana leaf/butter paper and place a small round of dough in it and press it. Now take the puran and place it in the dough. Pull the dough from the sides to close the puran and make a ball. This is similar as how we make the parathas (Refer picture)

Press the dough in butter paper

Place puran

Pull the sides and close it

Step6:

Now press this ball of dough to a circle shape. This can be done easily by hand by patting it gently.It should almost transparent (i.e you should be able to see the puran slightly).
Grease your hands with little ghee

Step7:

Heat the skillet/tawa, and toast the poli using ghee.

Step8:

Toast on both the sides

Step9:

Serve Hot